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  1. David Bernard Swift (3 April 1931 – 8 April 2016) was an English actor known for his role as Henry Davenport in the topical comedy Drop the Dead Donkey . Early life. Swift was born in Liverpool, the second of the four children of Abram Sampson Swift and Lily Rebecca (née Greenman), who owned a furniture shop in Bootle. [1] .

  2. www.imdb.com › name › nm0842581David Swift - IMDb

    David Swift was born on 3 April 1931 in Liverpool, Lancashire, England, UK. He was an actor, known for The Day of the Jackal (1973), Vanity Fair (1987) and Casanova (1971). He was married to Paula Jacobs. He died on 8 April 2016 in London, England, UK.

  3. Apr 20, 2016 · David Swift found wide-spread fame in the Ninties when Channel 4 transmitted Drop the Dead Donkey, their behind the scenes sitcom set in a television news studio.

  4. David Swift was born on April 3, 1931 in Liverpool, Lancashire, England, UK. He was an actor, known for The Day of the Jackal (1973), Vanity Fair (1987) and Casanova (1971). He was married to Paula Jacobs. He died on April 8, 2016 in London, England, UK.

  5. Apr 28, 2016 · David Swift, who has died aged 85, swapped a lucrative career in business for a £10-a-week job as an actor. His film credits included Travels with My Aunt (1972), The Day of the Jackal (1973)...

  6. www.bafta.org › heritage › in-memory-ofDavid Swift | BAFTA

    Actor. 3 April 1931 to 8 April 2016. A British actor best known for the newsroom satire Drop The Dead Donkey (1990-2008), Swift found fame as the vain news anchor Henry Davenport.

  7. Jan 5, 2002 · David Swift, a writer-director-producer who created Wally Cox’s popular “Mr. Peepers” television series in the early 1950s and made his debut as a movie director in 1960 guiding a young...

  8. David Swift came to acting relatively late in life. In his mid-thirties, he traded a lucrative position in business for the uncertainties of a career on the stage and screen.

  9. Apr 8, 2016 · David Swift is known as an Actor. Some of his work includes The Day of the Jackal, Jack & Sarah, Drop the Dead Donkey, Going Straight, Travels with My Aunt, The Black Panther, No Sex Please: We're British, and Arthur's Hallowed Ground.

  10. David Swift was a actor who was born in 1931 in United Kingdom and died in 2016 known for The Storyteller (TV Series), The Day of the Triffids (TV Miniseries), Jack & Sarah, Freud (TV Miniseries), Drop the Dead Donkey (TV Series), Going Straight (TV Series), Vanity Fair (TV Miniseries), Winston Churchill: The Wilderness Years (TV Miniseries ...